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One person critical after crash on U.S. 1

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper investigates a charred scooter after a crash at U.S. 1 and Wildwood Drive on Saturday morning, Oct. 13, 2012. By ALAN ALSOBROOK, Special to The Record

An 18-year-old St. Augustine woman was in critical condition late Saturday after a crash involving a scooter and a passenger car on U.S. 1 near Wildwood Drive in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Chelsea Wantz was driving a scooter when the crash happened, according to preliminary information from the Florida Highway Patrol, Officer Ron Cooper said. An official report on the crash had not been released Saturday.

The driver of the car, Christopher Langford, 19, was in a 2013 Ford. He was not listed as injured.

Pictures show the scooter laying on the side of the road, missing a wheel and apparently burnt.

St. Johns County Fire Rescue spokesman Jeremy Robshaw said the victim was taken to Flagler Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A Flagler Hospital official said Wantz was taken to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. A Shands official said she was in critical condition late Saturday.

According to an obituary in The Record, Wantz’ father, David S. Wantz, died in a motorcycle accident in 2006.

People posted on Facebook about Wantz. A woman who identified herself as a cousin who wrote, “My cousin was in a horrible accident last night and is fighting for her life.”

Wantz’ Facebook page listed her as a 2010 graduate of Pedro Menendez High School Student. She is listed as working at Epic Theaters and Panera Bread.

Shae Lynn Burchfield, who was also a 2010 graduate of Pedro Menendez, died in 2010 in a crash on Wildwood Drive. She was also driving a scooter.

Further details about the crash were not available as of Saturday evening.